Oyo to reintroduce open day in public schools | EduCeleb
EduCeleb
24th February 2020
The Oyo State Government has announced plans to reintroduce the open-day system in public primary schools across the State.
Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Nureni Adeniran said this during his State-wide interactive session with Head-teachers, recently.
Dr Adeniran opined that Open-day, when introduced will give parents an opportunity to visit their children in schools, where they would get first-hand insights into their children’s performance and speak to their teachers on how to further improve those children.
He noted that the state government will also employ more strategies as part of measures to complement its absolute commitment to improve the basic education sector.
Speaking further, Adeniran added that the reintroduced system would be an improved adaptation of the moribund open-day, for it would make parents more responsible towards their children in public schools.
“We will reintroduce Open-day system back to our public schools, because we realized that this would complement Governor Seyi Makinde’s free education policy. Parents need to be responsible for their children’s progress in schools”, he said.
He added emphatically that, “One of the things Oyo State Government has done, is to improve the standard of education system.”
While Adeniran stressed that being a teacher requires patience and great discipline, he urged teachers to ensure their pupils compete favorably with their contemporaries in reading and writing skills.
He said that the State Government is open to suggestions and ideas that would further build capacity of the teaching workforce in Oyo State.
He also assured the public tha  the present government is doing a lot to improve pupils’ reading culture, by providing running grants to schools, building facilities among others.
The Chairman added that the State Government is presently seeking more ways of improving the lot of teachers, especially those in the rural areas, while he stressed that education remains the greatest asset the government can bequeath its citizens.